I have covered the arches with clear polythene ready for the Winter hothouse, I will attach the end flabs that will act as a dore at each end, when the weather turns cooler, I have my new continental cucumber seedling up as it is, about 5-6 inches,

and the hothouse will produce better and sweeter crops of Tomatoes,

The black Russian tomatoes has been planted away from the hot house, they like cooler weather

where as the Truss Tomatoes like a more tropical climate

Notice the difference between using a teaspoon of "SEA MUN GUS"

in under each cos lettuce and the single one in the same bed not receiving the

SEA MUN GUS, having left my Mobile phone next to the plants for comparison

Today's Easter harvest:-

fresh crisp Lettuces, some Tomatoes, a white Egg Plane, Several Lime, and the last Cucumbers

for the season before I set up my greenhouse plastic cover over the arches, that allow me to grow Cucumbers and lots more Tomatoes through the Winter months

A new addition to the garden, a tropical Blue berry bush, it will grow up to about 2 meters according to the information tag

some of Gemini's garden creations

the first time that I have had any luck with Grape wines thanks to some advice from GB on the farm.

it is a white Muscat grape, perhaps I will have some fruit next season!!!

the next Pineapple will be ready soon

one of 2 left of the miniature cantaloupes, the wine has died off so I am ripening them in the sun doing the day and taking them in at night to prevent the slugs getting to them at night, it works!!

to day I have fertilized with 3 in one seaweed / Fish emulsion with a Hose-on spray

Thanks Linda on the farm the Horseradish is doing well

the new Cellery seedings is moving allong

5 Coffee bushes in the fernery, being propagated for GB on the farm,

it will be a while yet before they are ready for the plantation.

It is the start of 11 days of planting by the Moon.
All is doing well from the last planting cycle
To day I planted some more seeds:-
Buttercrunch Lettuces, Dwarf Brolotti Beans, some more Leek, Telephone Peas,
and some Dwarf Butter beans, Bush Cherokee Wax Beans.
I have a plague of Potato beetles, any suggestions??

New addition to my garden 2 Turkish
brown fig trees, hope to get fruit next season.


the Broad Beans is up and doing well, I pick them very young and steamed the whole bean.
The veggie garden is doing well, I was concerned about all the rain we have had in the last couple of weeks as I had planted seedlings as well as seeds and Garlic seed bulbs, but all is up and looking well apart from one lot of the garlic.
Yesterday I watered all the new seedlings with Thrive to give them a kick start, it always works.

Time to feed the blog again, times gets away

heaving had an excellent crop of eggplant this season here is one of many gigantic and very tender crops.

Sliced 15 millimeter and fried in Olive oil served with Spaghetti bolognese, delicious!!!

Well they talk about the hanging gardens of Babylon!

well this is my hanging garden from the arches!!

I have put some garden arches from Bunnings into my veggie garden, which has been very successful, I am in the process of introducing an other 4 arches (between heavy showers) for any thing climbing, like Beans,Peas etc as well as the cucumbers, I am very pleased with the result.

The garden is looking good and just about all the seeds i planted has germinated except the Parsley, I think we have had to much rain the last week for the parsley seeds, between 1 and 3 inches in the old scale every 24 hours, every thing is soaked.

Nothing to report from the kitchen

Gemini in her art studio putting the finishing touch to yet an other master piece.

Apricot Jam.

Place 500 gr quartet ripe Apricots in preserving pot, place 375 gr Sugar over the fruit, and 1/2 sachet of Jam setter mixed into the sugar then the zest of a lemon and the juice of one lemon pored over the sugar, gently mix then cover and let the juice happen while you have your Sundowner approx 1/2 hour.

Then start over low heat stir gently occasional til boiling, simmer for a few minutes, test the Jam on a frozen saucer, when setting sufficiently bottle and seal at once.

the flavour is excellent on a Sunday croissant for breakfast.

the short cooking allowed for a much lighter apricot color of Jam

Seeding Garlic, compliment of GB on the Farm

ready for planting to morrow, when I have planed a big day in the garden getting the autum and winter crops planted.

I also got a Horsradis plant from Linda on the Farm, as I lost mine while aeay midt year for

3 1/2 months

My first ever pineapple that I have grown successfully